Solutions to the risks posed by the global pet trade could be enacted quickly

The global pet trade, particularly in exotic reptiles and amphibians, poses significant biodiversity and potential human health risks, scientists say; yet compared to other pressing crises like climate change, the…

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Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

COLOMBO –- Wildlife enthusiast Pathum Bandara watched Kavantissa, believed to be Sri Lanka’s tallest living tusker, moving gently through the landscape on Sept. 20 around Galgamuwa in the island’s northwestern…

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Crackdown reveals ‘industrial-scale’ wildlife and timber trafficking across Latin America

Authorities across nine Latin American and Caribbean countries have arrested hundreds of people and recovered more than 1,000 animals as part of a two-month coordinated operation against environmental crimes. Operation…

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How to grow $25K into community-led conservation: Interview with Tanzania’s Mwambao

UNGUJA, Tanzania — Decades before they would partner to build a marine conservation organization together, Ali Thani and Lorna Slade crossed paths in Tanzania. Years later, Slade returned to the…

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